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As my student you will learn very important basic to intermediate foundation knowledge of the painting process. This involves Color theory, canvas preparations (wood, Canvas and other substrate choices), Brush selections, Mediums and thinning, Paint storage and reusing. We will work on transferring ideas from still life or sketch to canvas. We will cover brush stroke effects, blending, highlighting and work processes for an efficient and most importantly fun workflow.

About Giuseppe B.

Hello, my name is Giuseppe. I am excited when I learn of new potential artists. My skills are well rounded and focused. I can teach you in many media applications and art forms. I am able to teach from basic drawing techniques to full Portrait art, Film & Digital Portrait / Fashion Photography and Image Retouching/ Manipulation. My forte' are Drawings, Acrylic Paintings, Charcoal Drawings, Photography and Digital image manipulation. I have been published in Art and Fashion magazines for my art. My goal is to teach you how to see the world around us as a canvas and cull your visions from it and recreate it to your desires. My goal is to have you gain a deep understanding of yourself as an artist and how to translate that onto/into your media of choice.

I have experience working with Children ages 3 and up, as well as Adults looking to improve their skill sets or to learn a new way of self expression!

Reviews

Giuseppe is an excellent teacher. I am starting to understand the mysteries of photoshop. By the way I am a 67 year old ophthalmologist, so if he can teach me he can teach anyone :-) I am going to continue having lessons. I am actually quite excited. Something totally new for me.

Giuseppe received great feedback from my 16 year old daughter after the first lesson, and she wants to continue learning from him.
She is a tough critic, so this is high praise for Giuseppe. :)

Posted May 22, 2020

JUSTIN

Online

Posted Oct 19, 2019

Paul

Online

Explained what I needed to know very nicely and kept his teaching at a level very suitable for my current skill level. Will work a bit on the stuff we went through and do another follow-up lesson. Thanks

Posted Jul 20, 2019

YUSI Z.

Student's Home

Guiseppe is great! He explained basic techniques very well and make sure I understand all before we move on the next.

very fun and taught a lot of new stuff I didn't know even though it was only the first lesson!

Posted Dec 29, 2018

Joseph R.

Student's Home

Really informative and knowledgeable. Down to earth and generally nice, making the student the priority and helping him out even if it’s a bit overtime.

Posted Dec 22, 2018

Cash S.

Online

It was fantastic! My son really loved it and learned alot!

Posted Dec 6, 2018

Eliza M.

Student's Home

Giuseppe is a very patient and knowledgeable instructor. Because much of this is new to me there was an overwhelming element to the lesson but he’s aware of that and flows well with my learning style.

Posted Nov 25, 2018

Tyler

Online

Definitely knows what he's talking about!

Posted Oct 11, 2018

Rodrigo Cortez

Student's Home

I had the crazy idea of gifting to the girl I like a painting of her favorite flower. She lives in Shanghai and I was flying to over from New York. The problem was that I did not know how to paint. Because I had been so busy with work, I waited until last week before my flight to take lessons. Guiseppe guided me on how to approach my project and how to mix colors. Could not have done it without his instruction. Thank you.

This was my first time taking any kind of private art lesson and I am really glad to have gotten Giuseppe. He explains things in a very easy to understand way, and has no problem fielding questions, even if they stray from the immediate topic, which is great for my learning style. I will definitely book more lessons with Joe.

I had a great time in this lesson. I loved working on 3-D art. Joe rocks!

Posted Jan 8, 2018

Loran V.

Online

great 2nd lesson. love the use of color

Posted Dec 18, 2017

Jack B.

Online

Jack loved his first lesson. Joe did a super job showing him the basics of graffiti art. He was both patient and encouraging. Off to a great start! Thank you

Posted Dec 13, 2017

Loran V.

Online

Posted Dec 11, 2017

Phaedra

Student's Home

He teaches my daughter, but I was listening to him during the lesson, he kept explaining everything to her, exactly what we wanted, a good foundation, finally!

Posted Apr 18, 2017

Chris

Student's Home

Joe was very thorough in his explanations on the Hittite and art of graffiti! Had a great time during the session!

Posted Mar 22, 2017

deborra-lee

Student's Home

LOVE the way he jumped straight in and hit all the basics ... covering paintbrushes and the COLOR WHEEL,

Posted Oct 18, 2016

Jason Lord

Student's Home

Joe couldn't have been better. He was super knowledgeable about drawing and was able to focus on the areas I wanted to improve on and explain things in a really helpful way!! Would highly recommend.

Posted Sep 8, 2016

Xiaoliang

Student's Home

He was an all-right teacher and a decent guy.
Thanks！

Posted Apr 20, 2016

Xiaoliang

Student's Home

He was an all-right teacher and a decent guy.
Thanks！

Posted Apr 20, 2016

Chris

Student's Home

Our son is enjoying drawings lesson with Joe very much. Joe explains concepts very clearly and in an age appropriate manner. He is also great at applying our son's strong interest in video game characters to learning different aspects of drawing.

Posted Jan 4, 2016

Rachel

Student's Home

Joe is an awesome instructor. He let me take my time and had a tremendous amount of patience. He was very easy to work with and very detailed. I can't wait for my next class!

Posted Dec 3, 2015

James

Student's Home

What a brilliant artist! Joe went over everything an artist needs to know about color. He took the time to explain color psychology, pigment, characteristics, color schemes, color mixing, shadows, highlights, ect! He provided a solid understanding of color knowledge that I can put to effective use. Thank you Joe!!!!!!!!!!

Joe explains very well, is easy-going and kept the whole lesson fun with his sense of humor! Also generous with his time. Would highly recommend.

Posted Nov 12, 2015

Ann

Student's Home

Just doing one lesson with lines has increased the wealth of my skill quite a bit. I love how Joe gave direct instructions, yet room for creativity. The lesson was great fun and I realized that I CAN actually draw!

Posted Oct 22, 2015

Jay

Student's Home

By far, the best instruction I ever had in acrylic painting!! Joe is so talented and easy to follow. He gave precise directions and took the time to explain every little step. I highly recommend Joe as he provides wonderful lessons for the artist in anyone :)

I had a great time with Joe! He was very patient and informative. He knows how to work a camera inside and out and has a great way of teaching, where you can visualize what he is saying to make learning an enjoyable experience! A+ I recommend Joe completely!

I paid 170 dollar for two lessons with him and since I knew it was a busy week and I could not make it to the first class, I cancelled the lesson a week the lesson. We talked about the cancellation over the phone and everything sound good until this point. Then I received a message from the site saying that I missed a scheduled class and the teacher marked the class as a MISS and its not refundable if it is marked miss. I was confused at the moment and one of the customer service reached out to me saying that the teacher couldn't reach me. He has both my phone number and Email, and in fact I did not receive anything from him! So I complained about he marking my class as a miss, the customer service guy was very rude over phone and asked me to provide he recorded phone call in order to prove I cancelled it 24 hrs before the class. I don't believe that it is just a coincidence that this teacher choose to contact through a phone call instead of Email so that I do not have a record of the cancellation. This is all non sense. NEVER TAKE CLASS WITH THIS GUY ONLY IF YOU WANT TO THROUGH YOUR MONEY AWAY FOR NOTHING! There is no miscommunication between us and there is no misunderstanding. All he did for getting 85 dollar is making a unrecorded phone call. He lied to the costumer service and he was ridiculously irresponsible. NEVER BOOK CLASS WITH THIS GUY!!!!!!